Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-07-01
THE SCALE EAGREED TO.
THE MANUFACTURERS AND THE MEN SIGN
THE NEW SCALE.
A Disastrous Strike Averted-Ths Concessions Which
We're Made at the Conference Of the Wage
Committee Yesterday - The New
Scale as Signed.

PnTsBURG, June 30.-The wage ques-
ton of the irOnworliers is settled and
strike has been averted.
The conference between the Manutac-
turers Committee and that of the Anal
gamated Association was resumed this
morning. As predicted yesterday, the
manufacturers agreed to grant the general
advance of 10 per cent in wages, but
objected to certain provisions in the scale.
Both sides showed a disposition to reconcile
these differences, and the work progressed
slowly but fayorably until the roll turner's
scale was reached. The Amalgamated
people asked that this portion of the scale
be not acted upon for the present and until
a conference could be held with the roll
turner's. The manufacturers answered
that they positively would not sign the
scale unless the part referring to the roll
turner's was entirely stricken out. The
matter was argued for a considerable time
aud finally that part of the scale was
stricken out This was considered to be
the only dangerous point to be discussed
in to-day's conference. The agreeing upon
it was considered as practically settling
the wage question as all of the previous
points in the discussion had been settled.
The scale as agreed upon is for 10 per
cent advance, with the extras generally
stricken out.
The first important extra that has heen
stricken out is that in reference to furnish
ing extra help to the heater on all iron or
steel weighing 100 pounds or over. As
heretofore a separate arrangement will be
made at each mill, in some instances no
extra help being allowed except where the
weight reaches 10, and in other cases $50
pounds as has been the custom in the past.
Boiling remains exactly the same as last
year as regards the extras, the basis being
increased 10 per cent, thus giving the
puddler $3.50 per ton instead of 50 on ,
cent card.
The l2-inch mill scale has been aban
doned, but there has been restored to the
bar mill scale the clause relating to heaters
on the l2-inch mill, by which they shall
receive bar mill price to be paid by the
company. There has also been put into
the bar mill scale the following clause:
"All sizes below one-inCh rounds and 5
inch squares worked on a l2-inCh mill shall
be paid for at guide mill prices. "In the
original demand Of the Amalgamated As
sociation this clause was / inch rounds
and incl squares.
The guide mill extras remain the same
as last year, except Il new agreement that
is introduced which Is, That the help fur
niShed rOuehers aud catchers in July, Au-
gust and September ut the cotton tie rolls,
be one man and not two, who assists both
rougher and catcher
This was verbally agreed to last year but
was not included III the scale.
The plate and tank mill scale remains
the same rs regards special features, rs
does also the sheet mill except that in the
clause that read in the original demand of
the Amalgamated Association that all
sheet iron or sheet steel shall he weighed
by the company Immediately after being
shearcd" the word immediately is.
stricken out "and opened added after the
word "sheared." a." The clause reading that
Twenty per cent shall be added for
changed iron and STEEL remains I'M
changed.
There was a lengthy discussion over the
relative weights Of sheet iron and sheet
steel when the Birmingham wire guage
came up The tmalgamated people
claimed that the multiple is l.O3
for steel as compared with iron.
Some of the manufacturers showed
that the specific gravity Of steel changed
according to the per centage of carbon that
it contained, so that the multiple of LOB
was not fixed ratio, hut was Changeable.
The gauges, however, remain unchanged.
The sheet mill hands scale ,as regards
special features is not changed, except
that the clause classifying large and small
double mills is entirely stricken out. The
classification is left in the hands of the
men at the different mills.
The scale for rolling pipe iron on sheet
and iObbiDg mills is changed so that it APP
plies only to rolling pipe.
There WAS considerable discussion on
the scale for Carnegie's mills, bat 1t was
finally adopted as included in the original
scale presented by the Amalgamated AsSO-
cation. 1t brings up the scale of last year
70 - per cent advance in some instances
to make it agree with the same class of
work in Jones x Laughlin's and other
mills.
The scale Was signed at 3 o'clock this
afternoon.